theAUreview.com have just uploaded my live review of the No Sleep Til Sydney festival, held at Sydney Entertainment Quarter on December 18, 2010. You can read the entire review by CLICKING HERE or on the large image below. Enjoy the excerpt and happy New Year’s eve:

…While there’s no doubting that Megadeth fans were holding their collective breath for the iconic thrashers to bring their 20th Anniversary performance of Rust in Peace to our shores, they sure picked an odd line-up of bands to travel around the country with. The No Sleep Til Festival had already been weaving its way around the perimeter of our fair country before it landed at the Sydney Entertainment Quarter on Saturday December 18 and with it came a hodgepodge of acts from the punk and metal worlds – worlds that historically have never gelled very well…

I attended the No Sleep Til Sydney festival at the Sydney Entertainment Quarter on Saturday December 18, 2010 on behalf of theAureview.com (check over there for my full review soon). No Sleep Til Sydney was a big one-day metal and punk show held on three stages, including the main stage within the Hordern Pavilion.

Welcome to our last Wicked Wednesdays texture-fest for 2010! We’ll be taking a couple of weeks off for the xmas holidays and will resume our Wednesday texture extravaganza again early in the new year.

This week’s textures are a random assortment of stuff that will hopefully provide some interest to everyone. It’s like a TV clip show where they bring you a random bunch of crap from the year they couldn’t use elsewhere! The images have been sourced from locations and dates across 2010 and from our travels along the way. You’ll find a wall of humourous bumper stickers, a cheese grater, an old army surplus ammunition box, a collage of stuffed toys from a circus sideshow, a unique glass bowl texture and a small section of a brilliant oil painting that hangs on our office wall.

They’re all FREE for personal and commercial use, however resale, repackaging and redistribution are prohibited and punishable by death. Don’t think we’re kidding!

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Our three previous sets of patina textures have been so popular, we figured we’d bring you some fresh ones! With plenty left in the bank, it also made sense to spread the wealth. So, below you’ll find a collection of six high-resolution texture images of rust and flaking paint, including some from the recent 2010 Taren Point Rat Rod Day, in NSW Australia.

If you love rust, dents, faded and flaking paint on cars, you’ll love these patina textures. They’re all FREE for personal and commercial use, however resale, repackaging and redistribution are prohibited and punishable by death. Don’t think we’re kidding!

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Have you ever wondered how people get their cars and bikes into magazines? Ever thought your car or bike would be good enough to have a whole feature devoted to it, but didn’t know who to talk to?

With a decade’s experience in the industry and direct links to almost all of the performance car and bike magazine titles in the country, we’re in a great position to help your dream become a reality. Hosking Industries currently provides editorial and photographic content to a long list of premier automotive magazine titles, including:

If you think your car or bike is worthy of a magazine feature, get in contact with us today with some general specifications on your modified car or bike, along with some clear photographs. We’ll take a look and can help make your dream a reality!

No matter what make or model you own, we’re connected to a magazine that regularly features the type of car you have. So don’t waste any more time and contact us today.

Our feature photo shoot and article on the Evolution Motorsport custom rat bobber motorcycles has been published in the latest issue of Best Aussie Choppers magazine – an Australian publication that’s distributed nationwide.

The Evolution bikes are all based on inexpensive Japanese small-capacity street bikes that are legal for L and P-platers. Proprietor Paul McKinnon says he was initially influenced by the custom scene in Japan, but is now taking more and more inspiration from the retro bobbers usually powered by more conventional power plants.

Based in Brookvale, NSW Australia, Evolution have a number of completed bikes for sale at very reasonable prices. Conversely, they can build one for you to your own personal specs.

Enjoy the photos and be sure to pick up a copy of Best Aussie Choppers at your local newsstand. CLICK HERE or on the images to see a high-resolution version including FREE desktop wallpapers of the bikes in 1280 resolution!

An older series of photos that I took of my aunt Jane whilst fire dancing at her house in Taree on the Mid-north coast of New South Wales a couple of years ago. There were others, but I like these three together.

CLICK HERE or on the image to see the triptych in a higher resolution.

This week we’ve brought you a collection of six high-resolution images of different plant textures around our office. They include a tree fern, lavender, green waste in the form of some old chamomile plants and more! Hopefully you’ll find reason to include some of them in your future design work.

As usual, all Hosking Industries texture images are FREE for personal and commercial use unless otherwise stated. However, resale, repackaging and redistribution through channels such as CD/DVD, websites etc is prohibited. So don’t go passing them off as your own.

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